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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

38A.13   Where judicial settlement conference is unsuccessful

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    (1)   If no settlement agreement is reached by the parties at the judicial settlement conference, the judge or master shall within 7 days submit a report in Form 12B to the docketed judge or master stating that no settlement has been reached.

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    (2)   Upon receipt of the report in paragraph (1), the docketed judge or master will —

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      (a)     attempt a complete identification of all the issues with the parties or give a specific direction for the filing of memoranda by the parties so that this can occur;

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      (b)     ascertain what further steps are required before the trial of the proceedings; or

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      (c)     give further case management directions or schedule a trial date and make trial directions, as the case may be, if that has not already occurred.